Within the compass of 120 pages it was impossible for me to cover every event in this period. The "Forty-Five" itself would have provided enough material to fill a volume of double the size. I have therefore concentrated on the four events which seemed to me most important--namely, the Darien scheme, the Union of the Crowns, and the risings of 1715 and 1745. For the rest, I have endeavoured to illustrate, however briefly, the religious, social, and industrial activities of the time. As in my previous volume, I have drawn freely on the invaluable publications of the Scottish Historical Society, and my thanks are also due to Mr. William Cowan for permission to print the extract which appears on p. 29. J. P. T. GLASGOW, _May, 1914_. TABLE OF CONTENTS DATE PAGE 1689. STATE OF PARTIES IN SCOTLAND _Dalrymple's "Memoirs"_ 1 THE CONVENTION OF ESTATES _Dalrymple's "Memoirs"_ 3 DUNDEE'S REBELLION _Mackay's "Memoirs"_ 6 THE BATTLE OF KILLIECRANKIE _Mackay's "Memoirs"_ 8 1690. THE RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT _"Melville Papers"_ 11 1692. THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE _"Papers Illustrative of the Highlands of Scotland"_ 13 1695. THE BANK OF SCOTLAND _"Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland"_ 18 THE DARIEN SCHEME: A. THE PROJECT AND ITS ORIGINATOR _Burnet's "History of His Own Times"_ 20 1698. B. CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY _"The Darien Papers"_ 22 C. WHY THE COLONY FAILED _Burnet's "History of His Own Times"_ 24 1699. D. INDIGNATION IN SCOTLAND _Burnet's "History of His Own Times"_ 25 1703. THE UNION IMPENDING _Sir John Clerk's "Memoirs"_ 27 UNION OF THE CROWNS: A. THE LAST SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT _"A Journey to Edenborough"_ 29 1706. B. DRAFTING THE TREATY _Sir John Clerk's "Memoirs"_ 32 C. POPULAR HOSTILITY TO THE UNION _Defoe's "History of the Union"_ 35 1707. D. "AN END OF AN OLD SONG" _"The Lockhart Papers"_ 37 1714. "THE WEE, WEE GERMAN LAIRDIE" _Mackay's "Jacobite Songs"_ 38